This month is a bit of a treat for us. We are being joined by a soap star from New Zealand’s ‘Shortland Street’. Actually, that’s just a fraction of her experience. In her current guise, Maggie Eyre will be addressing the subject of presentation skills. Maggie spent seven years working closely with New Zealand’s Former [...]

Some of you may remember a December 2009 news story about how Essex County Council have called in IBM to look at practical ways to save money across its operations. My own interpretation of the story was that it represented the start of a process that could leave councils run as private entities.
With this [...]

Bit of a change to the ‘Spindoctor – Media Management’ session that was planned for February. The presenter isn’t comfortable giving any talks until the general election is over. That said, assurances have been made he’ll do something for us this year.
March is looking like a fun one. We’ve got a couple of award-winning [...]

We’ve got a real corker of a meetup planned for January. This month, we’re taking a look into the future of organisations and communication. Not another ‘social media’ event, for sure! This one is for those with curious minds and will get the synapses firing in ways you never thought possible!
Some of you will remember [...]

Christmas is upon us nearly again. Rather than a formal meetup, it’s time we went for some dinner and a bit of fun! I’ve pulled a few strings and got us some tables at ‘The Royal Commonwealth Society’ members club. It’ll be a three course dinner for £21.50, all in a rather relaxed, modern setting. [...]